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(No Model.)

l H. SEGUR.

CARPET STRETGHER.

No. 290,274. Patented Dec. 18, 1883.

Attorney;

WITNESSES UNiTE STATES ArnNr HARVY SEGUR, OF DECATUR, INDIANA, ASSIGNORor ONE-HALF TO JOHN WATTS, OF sAME PLACE.

CARPET-STRETCH ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,274, dated December18, 1883.

Application filed October 11, 1883. (No model.)

in the county of Adams and State of Indiana,

have invented a new and useful Carpet- Stretcher, of which the followingis a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to carpetstretchers; and it has for its object toproduce a device which shall possess superior advantages in point ofsimplicity, durability, and general efficiency.

To this end it consists in certain improvements in the construction ofthe same, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularlypointed out in the claims.

, In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure l is a perspective view of myimproved carpetstretcher. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectionalview of the same, and Fig.3 is a detail view.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

A in the drawings designates a rod or bar having at one end a point orprong, B, adapted to be driven into the floor adjacent to thewash-board. The upper. side of said rod or bar is provided with teeth orratchets G G.

D is a plate provided with downwardly-extending curved points or barbs EE, and having a laterally-extending arm, F. The said plate D and arm Fare provided on their upper sides with bails or keepers G, in which thebar A may slide, as shown. The plate D is provided with a bail orbracket, H, extending over the arm F. To the said bracket is pivoted alever, I, the lower end of which forms a pawl, J, engaging theratchet-bar A, with which it is held in engagement by the elasticity ofthe bracket H, which should be made of steel or other elastic materialwhich is sufficiently strong for the purpose.

To the lever I, aboveits fulcrum, is pivoted a dog or pawl, K, whichalso engages the ratchet-bar A.

The upper end of the lever I has atapering dovetailed groove or recess,L, to receive a handle, by which it may be manipulated. This handle inthe present case consists of a tack-hammer, M, the lower end of thehandle N of which is wedge-shaped, as at O, to enable it to be fitted inthe recess L. The hammerhandle N is preferably made of metal, and itslower wedge-shaped end is provided with a laterally-extending arm, P,provided with a notch, Q, for drawing tacks.

The operation of this invention and its advantages will be readilyunderstood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with thedrawings hereto annexed. It is simple, convenient, inexpensive, easilymanipulated, and it comprises, in a simple form, an apparatus forstretching a carpet to any desired extent, for holding it whenstretched, and for driving and drawing tacks.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States 1. The combination of a ratchet-bar having a prong at oneend, a plate having curved teeth, a laterally-extending arm,upwardlyprojecting keepers, and a spring-bracket, a lever pivoted tosaid spring-bracket and having a pawl at its lower end, and a dog orpawl pivoted to said lever above its fulcrum, substantially as and forthepurpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the operatinglever having a tapering dovetailedrecess at its upper end, of a handle wedge-shaped at its lower end toenter said recess, and equipped with a tack-harn mer at its upper end,and at its lower end with alaterally-proj ecting bracket having a notchfor drawing tacks, as set forth. I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own'I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARVY SEGUR.

Witnesses:

JOHN T. FRANCE, M. J. HosLER.

